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• wheel: [from slang `big wheel' for a powerful person] n.
  A person who has an active {wheel bit}. "We need to find a wheel to unwedge the hung tape drives....
• uperuser n. [Unix] Syn. root, avatar. This usage has spread to non-Unix environme
  he superuser is any account with all wheel bits on. A more specific term than wheel....
• uperuser: [UNIX] n. Syn. {root}, {avatar}. This usage has spread to non-UNIX environme
  he superuser is any account with all {wheel} bits on....
• peon n. A person with no special (root or wheel) privileges on a computer system.
  I can't create an account on foovax for you; I'm only a peon there....
• oot: [UNIX] n. 1. The {superuser} account (with user name `root') that ignores permission bits, user number 0 on a UNIX system.
  The term {avatar} is also used. 2. The top node of the system directory structure (home directory of the root user)....
• wheel bit n. A privilege bit that allows the possessor to perform some restricted operation on a timesharing system
  uch as read or write any file on the system regardless of protections, change or look at any address in the running monitor, crash or reload the system, and kill or create jobs and user accounts....
• wheel bit: n. A privilege bit that allows the possessor to perform some restricted operation on a timesharing system
  uch as read or write any file on the system regardless of protections, change or look at any address in the running monitor, crash or reload the system, and kill or create jobs and user accounts....
• wizard: n. 1. A person who knows how a complex piece of software or hardware works (that is, who {grok}s it)
  esp. someone who can find and fix bugs quickly in an emergency....
• peon: n. A person with no special ({root} or {wheel}) privileges on a computer system.
  I can't create an account on *foovax* for you...